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I have a feeling this will have spurred the beginning of the transition to distributed work. I'm a bit less productive working at home since I can't stand in a cubicle and demand the attention of engineers, but then the company saves a ton by the office being paid for by me rather than them. I benefit by not wasting my life in traffic. The company also benefits because we're global, so someone is always available. I've had people from Germany, India, and all over ping me for help on something when they find that I've run into a similar issue.
The sunk cost fallacy means we'll mostly see people returning to office buildings, but new investments in infrastructure will drop like a rock. Not a good time to be in commercial real estate. Perhaps high rise offices can be converted into condos.
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